Several city employees are veterans including police officers Jeff Hunt and Justin Lawson and firefighters/emergency personnel Justin Lawson, Rob Douthit and Scott Stewart.
Hunt, currently a school resource officer with the Police Department and Pea Ridge School District, served in the infantry in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2004 - 2012 and was in three combat tours. He received an honorable discharge. Lawson joined the United States Marine Corps after graduating from Pea Ridge High School in 2007. He completed boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. After boot camp he was stationed in Kings Bay, Ga. He was transferred to Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, N.C., where he served with 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines as an infantryman.